Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'skellum'

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Use in varieties of Scots

skellum	Occurrences normalised per million words	Occurrences	Authors
Total Corpus	3.9	13	8
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central	2.6	1	1
WCE - West Central	13.3	3	2
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh	12.4	2	1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central	9.2	7	5
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway)
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of skellum in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

(South) East Central

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 70 - A Bannock Day’s Pley for Thrie Fowk, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, script
kit! Ti lippen til that leein skellum maks me the maist glaikit gom on page 48

1 matches

West Central

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
irn is the maist snottery wee skellum ye could ever imagine, they s on page 1
lt me his dochter wis a richt skellum but. He said tae keep wir een on page 79

2 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 75 - Review - The Shorter fiction, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
mak guid his wagaun. He wes a skellum til the enn, it is suggestit,
1 matches

Edinburgh

Forde, Iain W D Traisur Insch (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2008) Central, prose
uin be quat o a verra rauchil skellum!" on page 7

1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Traivells wi a Cuddie i the Cevennes (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2008 ISBN: 978-0-9574164-5-1) Central, prose
uaikeriss bravitie, about the skellum at strak ma lykin richt on th on page 3

1 matches

General Central

Robertson, James The Sleekit Mr Tod, (Itchy Coo 2008 ISBN: 978-1845021986) Central, weans
gonnae get oor haunds on the skellum?" on page 9
"The skellum must be stervin,' Boonce said on page 81

2 matches

Fyall, Aitken Lallans 58 - The Wa-Ganging o the Meinister, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, poetry
lytes et ivery dyke-lowper an skellum, on page 80

1 matches

Corbett, John Lallans 70 - Owersettins o Modren Drama intae Scots, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
nolphe], an auld, ill-trickit skellum that waantit tae get mairrit
1 matches

@billykayscot tweeted
Dutch word cam intae Scots as skellum & describes thon big rascal c(2020)

@DABArbuckle tweeted
Yer nae mair than a prattlin skellum(2020)